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Nim's Island (2008) — Ligoscope

Nim's Island

Nim's Island

2008 · 96 min · Directed by Jennifer Flackett · PG

Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy

★ 5.9(1,199 TMDB votes)▶ Trailer

Be the hero of your own story.

A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.

Cast

Abigail Breslin

Abigail Breslin

Nim Rusoe

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

Alexandra Rover

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler

Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover

Michael Carman

Michael Carman

Captain

Maddison Joyce

Edmund

Crew

Director: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
Writer: Joseph Kwong, Paula Mazur, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
Producer: Paula Mazur
Cinematography: Stuart Dryburgh
Editor: Stuart Levy
Composer

Details

Studios: Walden Media
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Release: April 3, 2008

Releases

Apr 03, 2008AustraliaTheatricalPG

Apr 03, 2008United StatesTheatricalPG

Apr 04, 2008DenmarkTheatrical7

Apr 09, 2008SwitzerlandDigital12

Apr 09, 2008FranceTheatrical

Apr 11, 2008ItalyTheatrical

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Christopher James Baker

Christopher James Baker

Ensign

Rhonda Doyle

Rhonda Doyle

Edmund's Mother

Bryan Probets

Bryan Probets

Australian Tourist #1

Jay Laga'aia

Jay Laga'aia

Helicopter Pilot

Mark Brady

Mark Brady

Purser

Anthony Simcoe

Anthony Simcoe

First Mate

Peter Callan

Edmund's Father

Russell Butler

Old Fisherman

Colin Gibson

Cruise Director

Andrew Nason

Australian Tourist #2

Dorothy Thorsen

Blue-Haired Woman

Penny Everingham

Penny Everingham

Older Woman Tourist

Tony Bellette

Older Man Tourist

Jeff Dornan

Taxi Driver

John Walton

John Walton

Evil Captor

Marea Lambert Barker

Flight Attendant

Nami Itonaga

Airport Gate Attendant

Tania Pari

Street Vendor

Ashley London

Buffy Colt

Production Design

Apr 25, 2008

Vietnam

Theatrical

May 02, 2008United KingdomTheatricalU

May 02, 2008IrelandDigitalPG

Jun 19, 2008BrazilTheatricalL

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